Dr. Robert Johns, 85,
orthodontist for 35 years

WOOSTER Dr. Robert M. Doc Johns, 85, of Wooster, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, in Wooster Community Hospital.
Born June 17, 1921, in Minerva, he was the son of Frank McKinley and Isabelle McGoughan Johns.
He was an orthodontist for 35 years retiring in 1986 and after retirement devoted his time to being a horseman. He was a member of Wooster United Methodist Church. He served his country in the Army Air Force during World War II as a navigator and bombadier instructor.
He was a member of 32nd degree Mason and Masonic Lodge 33 F & AM of Wooster; Rotary of Wooster, board member and past president of Wayne County Crippled Children; board member of Wooster Salvation Army; Wooster Elks; American Dental Association; Wayne-Stark Dental Association; OSU Alumni Association; Ohio Horsemans Association; and United States Trotting and Ohio Breeders associations.
Surviving are his wife, Lilyan Shultz Johns whom he married May 6, 1941; his children Claudia (John) Mazurkiewicz of Warrenton, Va., Robin (Bruce) Edwards of Davie, Fla., Robert M. Jr. (Darlene) Johns of Wooster and Kelly (Gregg) Gillespie of Norton; grandchildren Megan (Nathan) Hicks of Irvine, Calif., Jonathan Chad Sixt of Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Christopher John Mazurkiewicz of Boston, McKinley James Edwards of Davie, Fla., Christina Lynn Johns, Carolyn Anne Johns and Jennifer Marie Johns, all of Wooster, and Joshua D. Gillespie of North Canton; great-grandchildren Camron Jake Hicks of Irvine, Calif. and Austin Bryce Hicks of Irvine, Calif.; and sister, Ruth James of Leesburg, Fla.
He was preceded in death by a brother, William Johns.
Friends will be received 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster, with a Masonic memorial service at 4:30 p.m. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dr. David Wilcox officiating. Interment will follow in Wooster Cemetery.
Those who wish may make contributions to Wooster United Methodist Church, 243 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio 44691; Salvation Army Wooster Corps, 437 S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio 44691; or to Wayne County Committee for Crippled Children and Adults, c/o James Swinehart, P. O. Box 406, Wooster, Ohio 44691. (T-G 09/12/06)